Friday, February 8, 2013

Briggs readies to challenge Campfield

Well, it looks like warrior, surgeon and Knox County
Commissioner Richard Briggs will run for the 7th District
Senate seat held by Stacey Campfield. Click right smack here for the
story.

The reality is that this wasn't a big secret.
Briggs – or those close to him – started the whisper campaign
more than a year ago. The timing, however, is interesting.

Just as Campfield introduces more
ridiculous legislation (that will fail abjectly) and once again makes national news (for all the wrong reasons), Briggs names his
campaign treasurer.

And it certainly draws a nice contrast,
particularly since a lot of Campfield's legislation (if not all of
it) won't pass.

Stacey Campfield

However, don't count out Campfield (provided he runs, which, I think, most people feel he will).

Because what this will really do is
just put him on more front porches.

So, all the folks out there
patting themselves on the back, and whooping it up over thoughts of
Stacey's demise should probably keep themselves in check.

The election is still a loooong ways out. (August 2014 primary.)

I did talk briefly with Briggs (as I was about to post this actually) and he said his announcement was "a long time coming - we started planning last fall - but wanted to wait until after the November election and the first of the year to do anything."

He said the super early announcement also gives him a chance to raise money and show folks he's serious about the run.

He added that the announcement wasn't intentionally tied to anything Campfield has recently done.

"It wasn't planned but it worked out very well," he said. "He's certainly provided a lot of ammunition."

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My name is Mike Donila and I'm a reporter with WBIR in Knoxville, TN. I cover government. All politics is local, and mostly ridiculous. Travis Fain of Lucid Idiocy said that. He's a smart guy. This is my blog. The content ranges.